Cam ID without removing it?
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You can pop a pushrod tube cover and see if you've got adjustibles in there. If you do, you can be reasonably certain you've got an aftermarket cam of some sort. Which one is, of course, anyone's guess.
If you want to know exactly which one you've got, you're going to have to pull it out.
If you want to know exactly which one you've got, you're going to have to pull it out.
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Not everyone follows the internet idea that adjustable pushrods are the way to go.
If you pull a pushrod cover on my EVO, you`ll see stock pushrods, but if you pull the cam, you`ll see an EV27.
It`s a great cam.
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EV-27 is high rpm cam doesn't come on till 3500 rpm and most people live under that in general daily riding habits.Only time you notice is hot rodding in higher RPM"s all the time or high highway pulling. In the 80's & early 90's it was the **** because it was the most common and easy to get.
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thanks dan89, 👍
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What style bike, heavy, dyna, sloptail ? and what's your riding style ? Choices are many depending on the answers to those.
EV-27 is high rpm cam doesn't come on till 3500 rpm and most people live under that in general daily riding habits.Only time you notice is hot rodding in higher RPM"s all the time or high highway pulling. In the 80's & early 90's it was the **** because it was the most common and easy to get.
EV-27 is high rpm cam doesn't come on till 3500 rpm and most people live under that in general daily riding habits.Only time you notice is hot rodding in higher RPM"s all the time or high highway pulling. In the 80's & early 90's it was the **** because it was the most common and easy to get.
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Last edited by Adam76; Jun 27, 2020 at 07:42 AM.
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What style bike, heavy, dyna, sloptail ? and what's your riding style ? Choices are many depending on the answers to those.
EV-27 is high rpm cam doesn't come on till 3500 rpm and most people live under that in general daily riding habits.Only time you notice is hot rodding in higher RPM"s all the time or high highway pulling. In the 80's & early 90's it was the **** because it was the most common and easy to get.
EV-27 is high rpm cam doesn't come on till 3500 rpm and most people live under that in general daily riding habits.Only time you notice is hot rodding in higher RPM"s all the time or high highway pulling. In the 80's & early 90's it was the **** because it was the most common and easy to get.
If there are so many better choices now, what are those you consider better?
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That is exactly what I did, ordered the ev27, tore it down to put it in, and it already had a ev27 in it.
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I agree. The EV27 is well known as a great all-rounder IMHO, which is why I used one for several years in my Glide. I understand it will work better with a little extra CR, but hey, the rules of tuning are there to be broken. I now have an S&S V107T which came stock with their 585 cam and a low CR. Built as a touring engine and run-in it is great and remarkably tolerant of riding at very low engine speeds - I love it. However I have had 'arguments' with experts in HDF that it is actually a high-rev cam, needs lots of CR, etc. Rubbish, what do they know?! It's great in the form I have it. So take assessments of what a cam is good for with a packet of salt. There are better cams than an EV27, when used with well-tuned heads and CR, but they are best sorted out with someone like HDF sponsor Hillside Cycles.